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Alan Anderson provides
another article (Nov. 20, 2006)
regarding herbal products Procerin and
Provillus,
and their relation in
maintaining a healthy hair
thanks to key ingredients such
as Saw Palmetto and Gotu Kola.
Also, to bear in mind that the
positive effects of taking these
natural pills for hair loss is
mostly seen after a period of 6
months.

Full Article Times Herald-Record
(Nov. 15, 2006) on women coping
with hair loss, acknowledging
possible causes such as stress,
anemia, medication, dieting,
thyroid related problems,
hormonal changes, and other
disorders. Also, some tips and
suggested treatments are offered
by medical specialists within
the hair loss community.

"Many who take it [Rogaine] stop
too soon because it can cause
flaking and some initial
shedding. But doctors urge them
not to."

Full Article Times of India
(Nov. 12, 2006) on hair loss due
to stress; with stress being
related to changes in
lifestyles, sleep and working
schedules, and unhealthy
nutrition. The rate of
interviews decreased for bald
future employees. In addition,
if more than 150 strands of hair
fall from your head a day,
immediate treatment is advised.

Full article AllHeadline News
(Nov. 12, 2006) joint research
done by USA and Russia teams
found relation between hair loss
and a mutation in LIPH gene,
affecting both men and women.

Full Article BBJ and
similar
Article CBS News_Health
(Nov. 10, 2006) research on LIPH
gene and an enzyme related to it
is the focus for developing new
treatments to control hair loss
or hair growth. Rogaine, a drug
to treat hair loss, is not made
to work the same for everybody,
therefore results varies for
each patient.

From BBJ: "While drugs such as
Pfizer Inc.'s
Rogaine are sold to treat hair
loss, the medicines don't work
for everyone and the response to
the products can't be
predicted."

From CBS: "Participants with
inherited hair loss and
slow-growing hair had a glitch
in their LIPH gene, the study
shows."

Full Article
BBC UK (Oct. 6, 2006) on a
robot being developed with help
of the government to treat
baldness.

"Intercytex [a UK biotechnology
firm] has successfully tested a
method of removing hair
follicles from the back of the
neck, multiplying them and then
reimplanting the cells. It now
plans to use a £1.85m grant from
the government to automate the
process of growing the cells,
meaning many more people could
benefit."

"[The treatment] During a
30-minute operation, hair
follicles are taken from the
back of the neck, then grown in
culture until they number in the
thousands.They are then
injected under the skin where
the hair needs to grow back."

"In Malaysia, one in two men
over the age of 50 are losing or
have lost their hair from a
condition called male-pattern
hair loss...A similar proportion
of women also experience some
degree of hair loss by the time
they reach the age of 60
years..."

"At any given time, about 90% of
scalp hair is in the growth
stage...it's considered normal
to lose from 20 to 100 hairs a
day."

"(Alopecia is the scientific
term for baldness). In fact,
genetics accounts for 95% of all
cases of hair loss in this
country."

An
article on Procerin (Aug. 23,
2006) was written by
Alan Anderson; in it he
describes this supplement as:

"But
very few medicines have the
scientific proof thatProcerin
have. It is a natural process to
treat hair loss in males and
many customers has submitted
positive reviews to the product.
It is a therapy for treating
thinning of hair and hair loss
problem."